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What Employers Should Expect As GOP Congress Ramps Up

Republican lawmakers have hit the ground running this Congress with proposals targeting employers' inclusive pronoun policies, diversity programs and vaccine mandates, and experts said they may also wield their control of Congress to try to revise federal civil rights laws.

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Judge Orders Reinstatement Of NLRB Member Wilcox

A Washington, D.C., federal judge ordered Thursday that fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox be reinstated, restoring a quorum on the board pending a likely appeal by the Trump administration.

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Senate Panel Advances Trump's Pick For DOL Deputy

 A U.S. Senate committee advanced President Donald Trump's nominee for deputy labor secretary Thursday despite concerns from Democrats about U.S. Department of Labor layoffs.

Expert Analysis

How EEOC Enforcement Priorities May Change Under Trump

Christopher DeGroff, Andrew Scroggins and Rachel See

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has already been rocked by the Trump administration's dramatic ch... (more story)

Handbook Hot Topics: Back To Basics After Admin Change

Kasey Cappellano and Meaghan Gandy

Having an up-to-date employee handbook is more critical now than ever, given the recent change in administration, ... (more story)

What Axed Title IX Gender Identity Rule Means For Higher Ed

Teresa Biviano, Doreen Martin and Keith Olsen

Following a Kentucky federal court's recent decision in State of Tennessee v. Cardona to strike down a Biden-era r... (more story)

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Fed. Workers File Mass Challenges To Firings In Admin. Court

Federal workers who lost their jobs in the Trump administration's mid-February purge of the civil service have begun challenging their terminations through class action appeals to an administrative court, seek... (more story)

Special Counsel Abandons Trump Firing Challenge At DC Circ.

The head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel ended his fight against his firing by President Donald Trump, informing the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that he wouldn't pursue his battle to lead the agency one day... (more story)

A Pennsylvania appeals court found that, in light of a steel company's actions leading to a workers strike being recategorized as a lockout, those United Steelworkers-represented laborers could collect unemployment benefits for their time on strike. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
USW Strikers Found Eligible For Unemployment Pay

Workers represented by the United Steelworkers who sought unemployment compensation during a work stoppage could receive the benefit under state law, a Pennsylvania appellate court concluded Thursday, finding ... (more story)

Attys Seek $30M Fees In Walgreens Rx Overcharge Deal

Attorneys for unions and consumers who struck a $100 million settlement of Walgreens prescription overcharge fee claims asked an Illinois federal judge for a $30 million cut of that pot, arguing the amount wou... (more story)

Worker Seeks To Revive NY Teamsters Retirement Plan Suit

A union-represented worker is fighting a New York federal judge's conclusion that he failed to show how the caretakers of his Teamsters retirement plan mismanaged his savings, asking the Second Circuit to revi... (more story)

Port Operator Can't Avoid EEOC Disability Bias Suit

A port terminal operator must face a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the operator unlawfully refused to reinstate a worker after he took medical leave, a Virginia federal judge found... (more story)

SpaceX Fails To Get 5th Circ. To Block NLRB Case

The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday dismissed SpaceX's appellate court bid to stop a National Labor Relations Board administrative proceeding alleging it unlawfully fired employees who criticized company CEO Elon M... (more story)

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Dems Propose Limits To Religious Freedom Law For 4th Time

A coalition of Democratic U.S. House and Senate lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would restrict how the Religious Freedom Restoration Act can be used, something they say is necessary to prevent weapon... (more story)

Meltzer Lippe, Fired Partner Agree To End Sex Bias Suit

Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone LLP and a former partner have agreed to end her New York federal court suit claiming she was fired from the firm after she complained about its sexist work environment, acc... (more story)

A Pennsylvania federal judge found that a white former Penn State professor failed to show how emails and events about anti-racism amounted to the level of severe or pervasive harassment required to demonstrate a hostile work environment. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Penn State Guts White Prof's Suit Over Anti-Racist Programs

Penn State largely defeated a suit from an ex-professor who said white instructors had been vilified, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling Thursday that no reasonable juror could find that campuswide email... (more story)

Texas Court Orders 400-Mile Transfer For Discrimination Suit

A Texas appeals court has granted a Fort Worth-based energy company's request to have a former employee's lawsuit accusing it of discrimination and libel transferred hundreds of miles from Hidalgo County to Ta... (more story)

9th Circ. Nixes Challenge To Wash. Abortion Coverage Law

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected a Christian church's challenge to a Washington state law requiring employer health plans to cover abortion services, saying the church could invoke its religiou... (more story)

Texas Panel Says Police Dept. Must Face Pregnancy Bias Suit

A Texas appeals court on Thursday said a police department cannot escape a former employee's lawsuit accusing it of firing her after she asked to take unpaid leave to recover from a cesarean section, but ruled... (more story)

Trump Tells Admin To Yank Perkins Coie Security Clearance

Perkins Coie LLP is the latest law firm to face the ire of President Donald Trump, with Trump ordering on Thursday the immediate suspension of the firm's security clearances over its diverse hiring efforts and... (more story)

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Vision Insurer Workers Get $3.5M Wage Deal Approved

A California federal judge signed off on a nearly $3.5 million deal that resolves a former worker's Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit accusing a vision insurer of failing to pay employees for all their hou... (more story)

Hospital Gets Nurse's Wage Suit Sent To Arbitration

A nurse's suit accusing a hospital system of using faulty timekeeping rounding practices that caused her to lose pay was shipped to arbitration by a Nevada federal judge who said an arbitration pact is valid e... (more story)

Trump's Labor Secretary Pick Clears Senate Hurdle

The U.S. Senate agreed Thursday to end debate and move to a vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary.

Janitorial Worker's Nonindividual PAGA Claims Will Wait

A worker's nonindividual California Private Attorneys General Act's claims against a janitorial franchiser will be on hold while his individual claims undergo arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, say... (more story)

Parameters Set For Final NIL Deal Approval Hearing

The California federal judge overseeing the massive $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and former and current student-athletes has released g... (more story)

Trade Groups Can't Block Minn. Worker Classification Law

A Minnesota federal judge refused Wednesday to grant trade groups' bid to temporarily block a state law from taking effect that slaps steep fines on companies that misclassify employees as independent contract... (more story)

Class Status Granted In Amazon COVID Screening Suit

A Pennsylvania federal judge approved a class of Amazon employees who were required to undergo unpaid COVID-19 screenings, saying that by modifying the class to include only those who used a physical time cloc... (more story)